- Our aim is to bridge the gap between small and large investors in the art market by promoting a new way of buying and selling artworks and collectibles. Our platform is based on the idea of digital co-ownership enabled by Blockchain Technology.

- At ArtSquare.io, it all started with the desire to make the art market reachable. As the word suggests, ArtSquare is an accessible and free-for-all digital space –just like a public square–where art is exchanged. The platform uses Blockchain Technology to bring the art industry closer to the people. NFTs and Smart Contracts allow them to make the sale and purchase of art a shared reality. Blockchain-powered fractional ownership is one of these models and the most inclusive one. By buying fractions of artworks instead of paying for the whole objects, low-net- worth individuals can take part in a type of investment they were traditionally excluded from. In a move that counteracts the traditional art ownership system, they can also make art an easily available and accessible asset that is meant to be shared—digitally and materially— with their peers.

- ArtSquare.io is among the first batch of art fractionalization platforms. We believe that by experimenting and building solutions that apply Blockchain features to the art industry, we can create the first fully working exchange where investors can invest and trade fractional shares of fine art, much like stocks on the financial market.

- First of all we can say that the NFT in ArtSquare.io is the unique Digital Twin of the artwork: this Non Fungible TOken is binded to the artwork because of all its information encrypted. Secondly, in the analogical world, you must have provenance, condition reports, videos and photos in order to prove your property of the artwork and its value. In the digital world, ownership can be proved by simply having the NFT stored in your wallet.

- With the explosion of the NFT market, the motto seemed to be 'let's cut out the middle man.' While technology does offer an opportunity to lower costs and connect buyers and sellers directly, we believe that cutting out the middle man is not the right approach when buying an NFT. Instead, we suggest that new collectors consider two main factors: the artwork's history and curation. It is essential to research the background of the artist and the type of curation that interests them for their collection.

- We are experiencing a very tough bear market for the Web3 ecosystem in 2022 and 2023. Our peers are all in built mode and working through difficulties to shape the future of the sector. Our hope is that in the next bull market there will be the breakthrough to make Web3 solutions mainstream. As decentralization grows we need more and more users to provide feedback and use the technology in order for it to become institutionalized.

- The idea to launch ArtSquare started in 2018 when the art+tech market was just starting. One of the major milestones for the industry was the first edition of Christie's art tech conference that was held in London. Since then a group of promising sectors has grown into a proper tech sector and thanks to the NFT booming in 2021 it has now started to be taken seriously by VC and also art operators. The journey has been amazing but sometimes lonely and frustrating given the fact that we were very much pioneering the space.

When we saw the opportunity to be working directly with Fuelarts and Tezos we were thrilled because those are two operators that have bet on the art tech sector from their inception and managed to put together the community of professionals working in this new industry.

- Participating in the Fuelarts x Tezos Accelerator program is a great opportunity for ArtSquare.io to discuss our ideas and vision with people from the sector who share our desire to bring innovation to the art market. Our main motivation is to receive feedback quickly from our peers and mentors, which will help us save time in deciding which approach to take before moving to the go-to-market phase for our project.